{"term":{"id":"03238","title":"ion probe microanalysis","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - ion probe microanalysis","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.I03238","code":"I03238","status":"current","initialism":"<em>initialism<\/em>: IPMA","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Any technique in which the specimen is bombarded by a focused beam of (primary) ions (diameter less than \\(10\\ \\unicode[Times]{x3BC}\\rm{m}\\)) and the (secondary) ions ejected from the specimen are detected after passage through a mass spectrometer.","links":[{"term":"mass spectrometer","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/M03732"}],"sources":["PAC, 1979, 51, 2243. 'General aspects of trace analytical methods—IV. Recommendations for nomenclature, standard procedures and reporting of experimental data for surface analysis techniques' on page 2246 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac197951112243)","PAC, 1983, 55, 2023. 'Nomenclature, symbols and units recommended for in situ microanalysis (Provisional)' on page 2025 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac198355122023)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I03238\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I03238\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I03238\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'ion probe microanalysis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.I03238","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-17T23:33:15+00:00"}}